The problem of aging human remains and living individuals: A review

Cunha, Eugénia; Baccino, É.; Martrille, Laurent; Ramsthaler, Frank; Prieto, José Luis Rodríguez-Villasante y; Schuliar, Y.; Lynnerup, Niels; Cattaneo, Cristina

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.008

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“…1 Age estimates are important for civil and criminal cases, in the absence of valid identification documents, for criminals who refuse to provide their true age, and for issues related to immigration and asylum requests to foreign countries. 2,3,4,5 Therefore, the need for accurate age estimation techniques and the data required to perform these estimates in living individuals has increased. 6,7 Determining the age of a living person often requires a multidisciplinary approach that involves anthropology, forensic medicine, forensic dentistry, and radiology.…”

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“…6,7 Determining the age of a living person often requires a multidisciplinary approach that involves anthropology, forensic medicine, forensic dentistry, and radiology. 3,8 In forensic dentistry, techniques have been developed based on the correlation between age and dental structures. 9 Some of these techniques estimate age from extracted teeth, 10 but these are too invasive for living subjects.…”

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Dental age estimation in a Brazilian adult population using Cameriere’s method

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The objectives of this study were to develop a specific formula to estimate age in a Brazilian adult population and to compare the original formula from Cameriere to this Brazilian formula. The sample comprised 1,772 periapical radiographs from 443 subjects (219 men, 224 women) that were organized into 12 groups according to sex (men or women) and age (20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 years and older). The films were analyzed using the criteria described by and Adobe Photoshop ® . We obtained a mean error of 8.56 (SD = 5.80) years for tooth 13, 7.99 (SD = 5.78) years for tooth 23, 8.38 (SD = 6.26) years for tooth 33, and 8.20 (SD = 6.54) years for tooth 43. When teeth were combined in the analysis, we observed lower mean errors. The Brazilian formula developed from this sample group was more accurate than Cameriere's formula. However, other factors must be considered to improve age estimates in adults.

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Dental age estimation in a Brazilian adult population using Cameriere’s method

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“…That is the case of root translucency, pulp/tooth ratio and racemization of the dentin aspartic acid [ 18 -21 ]. However, they are less useful or even inapplicable whenever teeth are subjected to high temperatures [ 7 ].…”

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The circles of life: age at death estimation in burnt teeth through tooth cementum annulations

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Age at death estimation in burnt human remains is problematic due to the severe heat-induced modifications that may affect the skeleton after a burning event. The objective of this paper was to assess if cementochronology, which focuses on the cementum incremental lines, is a reliable method of age estimation in burnt remains. Besides the classical approach based on the counting of incremental lines, another approach based on the extrapolation of incremental lines taking into account the cement layer thickness and the incremental line thickness was investigated. A comparison of the performance of the two techniques was carried out on a sample of 60 identified monoradicular teeth that were recently extracted at dentist offices and then experimentally burnt at two maximum temperatures (400 and 900 °C

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“…Fetal age estimation is still a difficult task, especially since this kind of remains is unusually found, making it hard for the anthropologist to become comfortable when studying it [1,2]. However, it can be of important forensic value, particularly when it is necessary to determine the fetus viability, or in other words, if the fetus could have been born alive [3][4][5][6][7], even knowing that the skeleton alone will not convey the information about whether the fetus was born alive or dead, unless it is regarding neonate's remains [1][2][3].…”

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“…However, it can be of important forensic value, particularly when it is necessary to determine the fetus viability, or in other words, if the fetus could have been born alive [3][4][5][6][7], even knowing that the skeleton alone will not convey the information about whether the fetus was born alive or dead, unless it is regarding neonate's remains [1][2][3]. The two main criteria used for fetal age estimation are dental mineralization and skeletal data, such as long bone diaphyseal length [1,3,6], which is highly correlated with gestational age [8][9][10][11][12][13] and quite resistant to decomposition when comparing with other fetal structures [2,3,5,8]. Although dental age is recognized as more reliable than skeletal age, in many forensic instances the human remains do not include dentition.…”

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Radiographic fetal osteometry: Approach on age estimation for the portuguese population

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A B S T R A C TThe estimation of gestational age (GA) on fetal remains can be an important forensic issue. Forensic specialists usually use reference tables and regression equations derived from reference collections, which are quite rare in what fetuses are concerned. Since these tools are mostly grounded on ultrasonographic measurements, which are known to differ from real bones measurements or are based on ancient literature, this study aimed the construction of tables and regression equations for the Portuguese population on the basis of diaphyseal bone length measurements (femur, tibia and humerus) of 100 fetuses of known GA, using post-mortem radiographs. There is a strong correlation between the longitudinal length of studied bones and GA; the femur exhibits the strongest correlation (r = 0.969; p = 0.000), followed by the tibia (r = 0.966; p = 0.000) and the humerus (r = 0.963; p = 0.000). Therefore it was possible to obtain regression equations and to build tables with reference values for each of the diaphysis analyzed.

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The problem of aging human remains and living individuals: A review

Cited by 491 publications

References 179 publications

Dental age estimation in a Brazilian adult population using Cameriere’s method

Dental age estimation in a Brazilian adult population using Cameriere’s method

The circles of life: age at death estimation in burnt teeth through tooth cementum annulations

Radiographic fetal osteometry: Approach on age estimation for the portuguese population

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